Study Information


Please read the following information carefully before deciding whether to participate in this experiment.


Key information about the study:

Your informed consent is being sought for research. Participation in the research is voluntary.

The purpose of the research:

We are interested in learning about how people reason about thoughts and feelings.

The expected duration of the subject's participation:

The study will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

The procedures that the subject will be asked to follow in the research:

Make ratings on the relationship between emotional states and actions.

The reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject as a result of participation:

There are no anticipated risks associated with being in this study.

The benefits to the subject or to others, e.g., society that may reasonably be expected from the research:

At the end of the study, we will provide a thorough explanation of the study and of our hypotheses. We will describe the potential implications of the results of the study both if our hypotheses are supported and if they are disconfirmed. If you wish, you can send an email message to Professor Diana Tamir (dtamir@princeton.edu) and we will send you a copy of any manuscripts based on the research (or summaries of our results).

Confidentiality:

All records from this study will be kept confidential. Your participation in this study will remain confidential, and your identity will not be stored with your data. We will not include any information that will make it possible to identify you in any report we might publish. Your responses will be assigned a code number, and the list connecting your name with this number will be kept in a locked room and/or on password-protected computers. When data are shared, your name will never be shared. The research team will be the only party that will have access to your data.

The results from your study may be pooled with those of other similar studies and shared among researchers or used for teaching purposes. For example, a researcher at another institution may wish to reexamine the results of this study. When results are shared, they are identified only by a code number. At no time will any identifying information such as your name be shared. Please choose not to participate in this study if you are uncomfortable with your coded data being shared.

Compensation:

You will be paid $1.34 for participation.

Who to contact with questions:

Principal investigator:

Diana Tamir
Peretsman-Scully Hall
Department of Psychology
dtamir@princeton.edu

If you have questions regarding your rights as a research subject, or if problems arise which you do not feel you can discuss with the Investigator, please contact the Institutional Review Board at:

Assistant Director, Research Integrity and Assurance
Phone: (609) 258-8543
Email: irb@princeton.edu


Statement of Consent

By clicking "I Agree", I understand the information that was presented and that:

  • My participation is voluntary.
  • Refusal to participate will involve no penalty or loss of benefits to which I am otherwise entitled.
  • I may discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits.
  • I do not waive any legal rights or release Princeton University or its agents from liability for negligence.
  • I hereby give my consent to be the subject of the research.

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